01 Record
CVE-2019-9900
When parsing HTTP/1.x header values, Envoy 1.9.0 and before does not reject embedded zero characters (NUL, ASCII 0x0). This allows remote attackers crafting header values containing embedded NUL
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/A:L/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
02 Description
When parsing HTTP/1.x header values, Envoy 1.9.0 and before does not reject embedded zero characters (NUL, ASCII 0x0). This allows remote attackers crafting header values containing embedded NUL
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-04-25 14:55Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 22:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-03-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/A:L/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 797d2a9a7302eda091af71bc81e076e424237475eb1561bd4d5a7ae925798c3b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0741https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0741
- www.envoyproxy.iohttps://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.9.1/intro/version_history
- github.comhttps://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/6434
- groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/envoy-announce/VoHfnDqZiAM
- github.comhttps://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-x74r-f4mw-c32h